BAGHDAD: When al-Qaida-style insurgents overran the northern city of Mosul, among the war booty they seized were what they claimed were five US-made helicopters. Noting that they were still nearly new, the group said in a posting on its Twitter feed, "We'll expect the Americans to honour the warr

During the visit of Minister for Ports and Textiles Baburao Chinchansur to Mogaveerapatna in Ullal on Friday, several residents brought to the attention of a pile of gunny sacks that were listlessly being bullied by the rough seas. The residents claimed that materials for the Rs. 249-crore sea wa

بھٹکلیس نیوز / 21 جون،2014 مقبوضہ مغربی کنارے کے مختلف شہروں میں اسرائیلی فوج نے نہتے فلسطینیوں کے خلاف کریک ڈاؤن مزید تیز کر دیا۔ تشدد کی اس تازہ لہر میں صہیونی فوجیوں نے ایک چودہ سالہ لڑکے محمد دودین کو گولیاں مار کر شہید کر دیا جبکہ مزید 25 افراد کو حراست میں لے لیا گیا ہے۔خیال رہے کہ نو روز قبل

NEW DELHI: In a pre-budget move, cash-strapped railways on Friday effected a steep across-the-board hike of 14.2 per cent in passenger fares in all classes and a 6.5 per cent increase in freight rates to garner Rs 8,000 crore a year. The decision, which will come into effect from June 25, marks i

Patna:  A 14-year-old from Bihar's Rohtas district has cracked this year's prestigious Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE). Shivanand, the son of a farmer, passed his class 12 exam this year with 93.4 percent, and got special permission to sit for the IIT-JEE, the

Dubai, United Arab Emirates:  The gimmicks to attract attention and passengers - a $1 million raffle, a chance to win a Porsche 911, or a monthlong shopping festival - are still there but are hardly needed anymore. Travelers from around the world no longer need to be lured to this parched former tra

HTC's latest addition to the One family, the One (E8) aka Vogue Edition, has received an impressive response in China. According to the Taiwanese giant's Weibo account, which is China's version of Twitter, the company sold 50,000 units of the HTC One (E8) in just 15 minutes. Launched earlier t

بھٹکلیس نیوز / 20 جون،2014 فیئر پرائس  ڈپو مالکان کے احتجاج کا نتیجہ ،24/جون سے حما لیوں کا احتجاج بنگلور/حکومت  کے ساتھ ہوئی بات چیت ناکام ہو نے کے سلسلہ میں اور راشن کارڈ کی ذخیرہ اندوزی اورراشن کی تقسیم  کی کار روائی کو روکتے ہو ئے ریاست بھر کے سرکاری راشن ڈپو مالکان  کی طرف سے لئے گئے فیصلے کا

GENEVA: More than 50 million people were forcibly uprooted worldwide at the end of last year, the highest level since after World War II, as people fled crises from Syria to South Sudan, the UN refugee agency said on Friday. Half are children, many of them caught up in conflicts or persecution th

(Relatives of abducted youths on their way to meet the Union home minister in New Delhi, in Jalandhar.) AMRITSAR: Most of the 40 Punjabi youths stuck in Iraq reached there allegedly through travel agents who with illegal recruitment syndicates operating from the Gulf countries trapped them using

BIJAPUR: Hope turned to heartbreak at Nagathana village in Karnataka's Bijapur district on Thursday. The 48-hour-long massive operation to rescue four-year-old Akshata ended in tragedy with rescuers retrieving the girl's lifeless body from the 60-foot deep open borewell where she had been trapped mi

Dubai: Indian expats seeking new passports in Dubai have no option but to apply for jumbo booklets as there is a shortage of regular 36-page booklets since June 10. The cost of the 60-page jumbo booklet is Dh436 against Dh341 for the regular passport. An Indian Consulate official told XPRESS:

Apple is preparing to sell its first wearable device this October, aiming to produce 3 million to 5 million units a month in its initial run, the Nikkei reported on Friday, citing an unidentified parts supplier and sources familiar with the matter. Specifications are still being finalised, but th

بھٹکلیس نیوز/20جون14 ایران نے فلسطین میں اسرائیلی فوج کی جانب سے جاری کریک ڈاؤن اور غزہ کی پٹی پر بمباری کی شدید الفاظ میں مذمت کرتے ہوئے اسے منظم ریاستی دہشت گردی قرار دیا ہے۔ ایرانی وزارت خارجہ کی ترجمان ’’مرضیہ افخم‘‘ نے اپنے ایک بیان میں اسرائیلی فوج کی جانب سے مغربی کنارے میں نہتے فلسطینیوں کی

Bhatkallys News | June 19 , 2014 Bhatkal : Mohammed Zainulabdeen and Mohammed Shakir  son’s of Janab Hassan Bapa Gangavali Saheb got married on 18 June after Isha prayers at “Baitul Nayeen”, Azad Nagar 4th cross, Bhatkal. The Nikah of Mohammed Zainulabdeen took place with Aysha Arfat daughter

Dubai: The next time your phone beeps a $1 credit card transaction you don’t seem to recognise, drop everything you are doing and call the bank immediately. You could be just in time to block your card before someone else runs riot with your stolen plastic money. Indian expat Alex Mani, 32, learn

NEW DELHI: In a move to target government welfare schemes and subsidies on citizens of the country, the Union home ministry has asked the Registrar General of India (RGI) to identify the 'citizens' and 'non-citizens' while preparing the National Population Register (NPR). The NPR authorities will un

CHENNAI/KOTTAYAM: Hours after sending an SOS to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure their safe return to India, 46 nurses from Kerala trapped in a hospital in the northern Iraq city of Tikrit on Wednesday evening said they had agreed to continue to work there after fighters from militant group, t